Tom Stockmann

MA(Oxon) BM BCh PGCert FDip MRCPsych

Zürich, Switzerland

psychiatrist, psychotherapist, counsellor, coach

about me

I studied medicine at the University of Oxford, and trained in psychiatry and psychotherapy in London, becoming a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2013.I worked as a UK National Health Service (NHS) consultant before moving to Switzerland, taking employment as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist in a central Zürich practice. Alongside this, I am active in research.I am experienced in helping people with diverse problems. These include the conditions referred to as stress, burn out, depression and anxiety, as well as personal and interpersonal dilemmas/crises and existential issues that may not be seen as medical problems. I prefer, wherever possible, not to reduce people’s problems to diagnoses alone. I find it is often valuable to view crises, however painful, as opportunities for reflection and positive change.I work with patients to ensure judicious and safe prescribing. I emphasise both the avoidance of unnecessary medication use and the appropriate reduction and stopping ('de-prescribing') of psychiatric medications.I draw from a variety of counselling, coaching and psychotherapeutic approaches. These include person-centred therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, motivational interviewing, hypnosis, socratic questioning and open dialogue.I am also happy to explore dilemmas together from an existential/philosophical perspective.I have held medical education and research fellowships, with honorary academic positions at Queen Mary University of London, University College London and the University of Sheffield. I have co-authored textbooks and have multiple peer-reviewed academic publications, including recent high profile publications.

publications

• psychiatry
• Psychotherapy
• Open Dialogue and relational psychiatry
• medications and Deprescribing
• text books

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